Numbers 7:6

6 So Moshe took the wagons and oxen and gave them to the L'vi'im.

Numbers 7:6 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 7:6

And Moses took the wagons and the oxen
Of the princes, as he was directed:

and gave them unto the Levites;
the Gershonites and Merarites; for, as for the Kohathites, they had no part of them, for a reason after given, ( Numbers 7:9 ) .

Numbers 7:6 In-Context

4 ADONAI said to Moshe,

5 "Receive these from them; they are to be used for the service in the tent of meeting. Give them to the L'vi'im, to each as needed for his duties."

6 So Moshe took the wagons and oxen and gave them to the L'vi'im.

7 He gave two wagons and four oxen to the descendants of Gershon, in keeping with the needs of their duties.

8 Four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the descendants of M'rari, in keeping with the needs of their duties, directed by Itamar the son of Aharon the cohen.